Mad as hell!

[Rigged]

Well, if she's never seen you in it, and all she's heard from others is that you're wearing a skirt, then maybe it's time for her to see how you look in said "skirt". Once she sees for herself that you aren't trying to look like a school-girl, she's likely to change her opinion -- or not. But at least then her opinion is based on something other than hearsay and you can have a realistic conversation about it.

[Makeitstop]

Well, if she's never seen you in it, and all she's heard from others is that you're wearing a skirt, then maybe it's time for her to see how you look in said "skirt". Once she sees for herself that you aren't trying to look like a school-girl, she's likely to change her opinion -- or not. But at least then her opinion is based on something other than hearsay and you can have a realistic conversation about it.

This I think is very true. If she hasn't seen the kilt, she is probably picturing some sort of cartoonish exaggeration. It seems less likely that she has serious issues with the kilt, but more like she just doesn't get it. To her kilts are probably an abstract concept seen only on tv, or in a parade. She probably has no idea that kilts can just be regular clothing.

If she sees you in a kilt she will probably think you look silly. But if she continues to see you in a kilt, it will (hopefully) sink in that this isn't a costume or some outrageous cry for attention, but rather just another way to cover your reproductive organs.

Think of it this way. If I told you I was wearing lederhosen, you would most likely picture a silly costume or stereotype, rather than just think of it as shorts with suspenders which could actually be made to look fairly mundane by comparison.

Hell, let's take this a bit further. I've been known to wear armor and/or dress like a ninja. It can actually be done without looking all that silly (different for sure, but not silly) but can you picture it without thinking of something that you might on some level want to make fun of or tell a friend about it? Probably not.

So when someone who is not accustomed to the kilt here's about a friend wearing some weird manskirt, that reaction is not too hard to understand. Insensitive perhaps, but not inexplicable.